ABSTRACT
The work of selecting, transferring, adapting, and developing the most suitable technology in any one food factory often lacks an appropriate methodology. The time factor or urgency to carry out production frequently justifies the use of already existing proven technology and engineering. The simplest solution is to copy the designs from similar food plants. This procedure, however, is not always the most suitable solution. For example, a change in the industrial scale of the process alone is enough to make ultrafiltration in juice clarification (in a concentration processing system) impracticable (Giral et al., 1979; Bruinsma et al., 1985).
